Additive Manufacturing (Laser Sintering) Technology

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RMB Products is a world leader in additive manufacturing technology. Since its inception, RMB Products has been the gold standard for laser-sintered components. Having manufactured tens of thousands of flight-certified assemblies without a single failure in the field, RMB Products is the premier provider of laser-sintered functional hardware.

Laser sintering is a process that historically has been associated with rapid prototyping and manufacturing. Through the use of stringent process controls on every build, RMB Products has pioneered laser sintering as a production manufacturing process for aircraft ducting, shrouds, wire management trays, unmanned vehicle components and other nonstructural applications.

Laser Sintering Process

Laser sintering is a process in which complex plastic parts and assemblies are fabricated in a single process, one layer at a time. Parts are fabricated directly from a computer-aided design (CAD) file, allowing the manufacture of products to meet the exact design specifications created by engineers.

Fine plastic powder is loaded into containers in a heated chamber and rolled across a platform that incrementally lowers as each layer is processed. The laser sintering system slices the solid CAD model into thousands of horizontal layers, each of which is selectively melted by a CO2 laser. Each cross-sectional layer is successively melted on top of the previous layer to create a fully dense, solid part.

Each run of the process can yield multiple parts, all nested together within the build volume. Test coupons can be built alongside each part to nondestructively validate the parts’ mechanical or chemical integrity.

The sintered parts are now service-ready. Alternatively, as necessary, the parts may be post-machined, painted, bonded together and assembled with other hardware, resulting in a fully finished assembly.

Eliminates obsolescence issues—Addresses the growing industry problem of obsolescence for out-of-production spares in which tooling and materials are no longer available or are otherwise unaccounted for